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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
THE ACADIANs OF LOUISIANA.
Still as Primitive as in the Days of Evangelin,


Still as Primitive as in the Days of Evangeline
and Gabriel.
Rebecca Harding Davis. in November Harper.
''The Acadiaus2 They belong TO this world
centuries. l am Acadian myself on my mother'a
side. Oh. know my people" said the priest.
They do not seem 20 be progressive people, '
ventured Mr.. Ely.
mo. perhaps not. But is progress everythi ng7
They not lazy. The men work faithfully
when they work at all The women in these
on their little meters. They have rough
looms, and weave the honespuu cloths
which they ard their husbands wear. They
make. too really beautiful fabrics of the Nam
kin cotton in its native dull yellow color, or
beautifully striped with threads colored in veg
etable dyes Some ladies. wives of the large
planters. have found agents in New Orleans and
New York who will sell tie stufs which these
poor women weave. am told" added the good
father, cheerfully, .that it surpasses in beauty
and durability the fabrics woven by the Chi
is so: have never seen the stuffs made by the
people of China. But it is reasonable to sup
pose that good Christian women could surpass
barbarous savages in civilized work"
Mr.. Ely was disereetly silent.
1T would ba fortunate" continued Pere Ned
aud. IF their little manufactures could be
brought into the market. They very poor
many of them. and thus comfort and much
pleasure would be brought into their lives
AL m'sieu. progress. newspapers. railroads.
do not make the hero: not even education. He
is born-here in the Cajan's cabin just as in an.
Gent Greece or Rome. Let me tell You story
which comes to pass this spring. One of nv
flock is Landry, big. middleaeed man. with
grown sons and grandchildren. He is a shrewd,
money making fellow, overseer on q great
cattle plantation. His life counts for much,
you see. to him and his family. One even
ing l see Joseph in his bateau rowing
down the bayou. He does not return until
morning. Down yonder is nothing but DESC
late island. inhabited only by ailieators and wild
birds. Again and again I him go. 1 ask
him what It MEANS and he tells me. against his
will, that month ago wretched old negro took
the smallpox, and was driven by his people out
on the prairie. Joseph took MIN to the island,
made deserted hut there habitable for him,
and every night went down to nurse and care
for him, stopping half way to change his clothes
He took his life in his hand every day, you see
for this miserable And Joseph is not young,
reckless fellow, but grave. middle aged. He
tells nobody: he counts it for nothing. Aha."
the priest broke into a tremulous laugh. stop
ping to pat the neck of his horse. Joseph is a
rough-looking fellow. He hard, and
sleeps when / preach But it is out OF such stuff
God makes His servants"
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letter of humble apology from the old one be-
fore morning, and he goes and has nice little
lunch. and feels happy. Then the other sister
has walked six blocks in the sum- and Is laid MP.
1t is her com plexion she is afraid OF, and the
doctor knows that He tells her keep out Of
the sun, and not walk too much. and she goes
to a party that night and dances till daylight
But know a lady who feels that the medical
ried, aud her husband has one doctor while she
has another They cannot be sick at one time.
They only found that ont the other day. whom
both Of them needed a little medical attend
ance. and they found that the two doctors were
not on speaking terms. It is very awkward, for
she Is very considerate of other peoples feelings.
80 she % axes point now of letting her hus.
band get well before she gets sick.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
How May Servants Be Improvede

b. Brooke Davies, in Popular Science Monthly.
Most people will admit that average servants
of late years have deterorated. partly owing to
the fact that they drawn from an inferior
class, and partly because in the terrible march
of mind OF the last twenty years they have been
left behind, their position a class being abso-
lutely ignored; though their failinss ever be-
fore us, nothing has been done for their i'm
provement. In respect the middle classes
are unfortunate they have to suffer for the
faults OF the upper classes; the kitchen maid of
Belgrave square becomes very often the cook of
a less arstocratic neighborhood. and the waste
and extravaganza permitted in the kitchen Of a
rich man ruinous in the professional mans
sem-detached villa and the cook gets blamed
for what. after all. is only the result of i'm
proper training. In short. at the present time,
servants are either badly trained trained
at all. and, therefore, we want a kitchen col
1ege.
In other words we want thoroughly organ.
lied and recognized CENTER school, college
the name is immaterial-where servants can
study and such examination and gain
such certificate as will be a proof of skill and
competence not only in special department.,
but of general capacity and respectaollity; that
qualifications should be given according to
merit; and that the institution should be
managed that woman would feel as proud of q
degree from the college for Domestic Serv-
ants" as from any other college open to women.
Cooks, house-m aids. parlo--maids and nurses
have all welldefined duties, and a competitive
examination is the best method of testing their
skill. A nurse frequently knows less about
children than other living creature;
she has the haziest ideas abont draughts,
the most supreme contempt for ventilation aud
firmly believes baby never cries unless it is
hungry. and forthwith gives the inevitable bot
tie, frustrating natures efforts to exercise and
expand the lungs. general servant who can
cook tolerably and knows a little about house.
work is the exception; rule. she is deplora-
bly, ignorant of both. Up to the present a good
character has been the only guarantee of ef-
fciency. but il is clear that it is oy no means
infalible test; servant that one mistress
may have thought satisfactory may prove quite
the reverse to another But trained and cer-
ID xxIo Gx.~rr -
it. would be in position to ignore fault-fndne
or. still more satisfactory, not deserve it, she
would be less liable to dismissal for imaginary
faults and she would be to great extent indie
pendent of .'charactersn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
GRANT AND LEE AT APPoMArrox.
General Horace Porter Draws a Vivid Picture
of the Two Commanders.

General Horace Porter Draws vivid PtCtura
of the Two Commanders
November Century.
The contrast between the two commanders
was very striking. and could not fail to attract
marked attention. as they sat ten feet apart,
facing each other
General Grant. then nearly forty three years
of age, five feet eight inches in height, with
shoulders slightly stopped. His hair and full
beard were a nut brown, without trace of
gray in them. He had a single-breasted
blouse. made of dark blue flannel IN bu toned
in 'front.' and showing a waistcoat under meath.
he wore an ordinary pain of top boots. W it'll his
trousers inside. and was without spurs. The
boots and portions of mis- clothes spattered
with mud. He had on pair of thread gloves of
a dark yellow color. which he had taken off on
entering the ROOM His felt ''suPar-loaf." stiff
brimmed hat was thrown the table beside
him. He had no sword. and pair of shoulders
straps was all there was about him to designate
his rank In fact, aside from these. his uniform
was that of private soldier.
''Lse. on the other hand. was fully six feet in
height. and quite erect for of his age. for Re
was Grants senior by sixteen years. His hair
and full beard were silver gray and quite thick
except that the hair had become little thin in
front. He wore a new uniform Ct confederate
gray, buttoned up to the throat, and at his side
he Carried long sword of exceedingly fine
workmanship. the hit studded with jewels it
WAS SAID to be the sword which had been pre-
sented to him by the State of Virginia His
top boots were comparatively new. and seemed
to have on them some ornamental stitching of
red silk. Like his uniform, they were singu-
larly clean and but little travel-stained. On the
boots were handsome spurs, with large rowels. a
felt hat. which In color matched pretty closely
that of his uniform. and pair of long buck
skin eauntlets lay beside him on the table, We
asked Colonel Marshall afterwards how it was
that both he and his chief wore such fine toy
gerry, and looked so much If they had just
turned out to go to church. while with US our
outward earb scarcely rose to the dignity even
of the shabby genteel.' He enlightened us re-
eardine the contrast by explaining that when
their headquarters wagons had been pressed SO
closely by our cavalry few days before, and it
was found they would have to destroy all their
baggage except the clothes they carried on their
backs, each one naturally, selected the newest
suit he bad, and sought to propitiate the gods Of
destruction by sacrifice of his second best
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
BY n Large Majority.

This is all sudden, Mr.. Sampson she
said. with maidenly reserve. "and so unexpected,
that although confess / am not entirely indif-
fsrent to you, hardly know what to say in
ply to-"
''If you are in favor of the proposition.n sug-
gested Mr.. sampson. who. like Dick Swiveller
is a Perpetual Grand Master, won will please
signify your assent by saying Aye"
Aye" came softly.
''Contrary2"
Nor Numbered the old man, opening the
door.
1.-THE noes have ir by large majority" said
Mr.. Sampson. reaching hastily for his hat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
Mrs. Cleveland Growing Rotund.

Boston TraveIers WASHINGTON Letter.
By the way. little horseback exercise would
do Mrs. Cleveland harm. 1t is rather a
hateful thing to say. but I going to tell the
truth, at all events-Mrs. Cleveland is growing
fat. She is longer the willowy girlish
White-house BRIDE but solid l70pounder Of
the settled married woman type The gushers
vino spout about the Presidents school girl wife
will have to revise their opinions if they are
DESTROYS of stating the truth. The change in
Mrs. Cevelands figure has added to her beauty
and she never looked as well III her life as she
does to-day
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
Interesting Information.

A correspondent asks us how bananas should
be ripened. There may be more ways than one,
but the Italians in this country take them to
bed with them. and they do not even search
them for spiders
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
N-sHE WITNESSES THE ESn

April &c. MILAN, 1890 p. ST.: We are thus
far our way homeward. /. being decidedly de
trop, travel apart from the rest as much as
can. Having dined at the hotel here went out
by yself, regardless OF the proprieties for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
Wiz suRpR1sE AWAITS HER.

February 5-Writing has been absolutely
impossible for a long while; but now reach q
stage at which it seems possible to jot down a
ins Caroiue's recovery, extending over four
months, has been very engrossing; at first slow
Atterly raDid- But fearful complication of
affairs attends i'll
20, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceve.'
Charles has written reprogehfullv to me from
Venice. where he is. He saws how can he fulfil
IN the real what he has enacted in the counter
felt, while ne still loves mel Yet how on the
other hand. can he leave it unfuflled7 All this
time have not told her. and up TO this minute
she believes that he has, indeed, taken her for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
BIZ THOMAS HARDY

AUTHOR OF "UNpER THE GREENWOOD TREE /" AZ
LAoDIcEAN," ETC. ETC.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
x.-sHE ADDS 4 NOTE LONG ArrER

Five Years Later have lighted upon this old
dairy, which it has interested me to look over
life shone more warmly in my eye than it does
1 impelled add one sentence to
round off its records of the past About year
ago my sister Caroline, after persistent WOO
ing, accepted the hand and heart of Theophilus
Highman, once the blushing young Scripture
reader who assisted at the substitute for a mar
riage / planned, and is now the fully ordained
curate of the next parish. His penitence for the
part he played ended in love. We have all now
made atonement for our sins against her; may
she be deceived no more!
THE END.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
ALICIA'S DIARY.

prinsea ~ SPECIAL A,rangsn.en -copprsoAted. lss7
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-15
THE BRIDES OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
Mrs. Tyler and Mrs. Cleveland have Pleas
ant Chat Over their Wedding.


washington Dispatch \: y. Heradl
The I'd day Of June, the President Wed-
ding day, recalls the fact that President
Cleveland is the only President OF the
United States who, while in office, has
passed the first anniversary of his marriage.
Tyler, the only other President who mar
ried while holding the position, had fin
ishtd MS term nearly four months when
the first year CT his marriage was COM
pleled Seven children Were born to this
couple after that date
Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs. Tyler had q
goc;: time going through the White House
together in March Mrs. Tyler told Mrs.
Cic*@l;ud that her ccurtship began in the
East Room. aud Mrs Cleveland told Mrs.
'rylc.. as they stood together in the state
bed chamber up stairs, adjoining the Pres
dents library Uhe room in which the Pr
of Wales slept), that twas in that Granuedi 'nd
that she had dressed for her w;,Eh,t -, az. ~
before that mirror she had ~ n,t,v ,o iot
,e.t '.S ~ Tna bar toi,c- h3Se she went down
a.-';1.s ~ ~ i,o IN the Blue Parlor
S'''i; Tvler T is thS only President whose wife
s:e, :et - ss-ss1le he was in office. but that
, LAS =; .;s.tt1rst wife. He was widcwer not
vas ":, two years: and, counting him. there
we been six widower Presidents. the
Others being Jefferson, Jackson, Van Bu-
ren, Fillmore and Arthur, these five re-
naming unmarried while ia the White
House, and but one bachelor President,
Buchanan. who was single throughout his
term, Cleveland being the only other who
began term as q bachelor. Fillmore mar
ried his second wife after his term as Pres
ident expired. He and Tyler are the only
two of our Presidents who have had two
wives
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-15
New Works Grand Cathedral.

New York is to have grand cathedral.
one Of the grandest and most costly in the
world.
1t is to be erected by the Protestant Epis.
copal church, and will be 10 that faith in
this country what st. Paul's is to the church
Of England. Such cathedral was pro-
jectcd years ago, but only recently have the
plans for its erection taken anything like
definite form. The organization has been
perfected, and among the trustees are Rev.
Drs. Morgan Dix, OF Trinity, and W. r.
Huntington, of Grace Hamilton Fish,
Stephen P. Nash w. W. Astor, Cornelius
Vanderbailt, Richard Auchmuty and j.
Pierpont Morgan.
Bishop Potter. who is one of the most
active promoters of the cathedral move
ment. says that the great temple will not be
sectarian N any narrow sense. Its founders
| aspire to make it the great religious forum
of Protestant Christianity in this country
The bishop says the cathedral will offer
Ito ell men, of whatever condition or fel-
lowship, the miniStrations of religion in a
language understood by the common peo
pie, bidding to their pulpits the ablest and
mos, honored teachers, free for meditation,
devotion or rest at all hours, without fee or
restriction, and thus be "A witness to the
brotherhood Of humanity in the bond of
the Divine NaZarene, and of the need of
the human heart for some worthy place
and voice for the expression of its deepest
needs x i Such a building would of
necessity. under our present condition, re-
quirc to be administered by the church
under whose control ii would be reared,
but lis welcome would be for all men what
soeve- fellowship, aud its Influence would
be felt in the interests of our common
Christianity throughout the whole land"
The cathedral viii also be the centre of
great educational and missionary effect, and
will promote charitable enterprises of vari
Gus KINDS.
The cost of this splendid structure will
be at least Sc 600, 900. The late Miss Cathe
rinc Wolfe intended to bequeath 81 600. 900
to tie cathedral fund and had inserted q
clause ii heI will 10 that effect She subse-
Quentiy resolved 70 give that sun, and
more. during her life and changed her Will;
but death came before she could carry out
her intentions
It is not believed that any great difficulty
will be experienced il raising the amount
required, great rs 1t is Mr. d. Willis
James, i prominent Presbyterian of New
York, has put beqUest Of 100000 in his
will for ,Ae cathedral fund, thus giving an
impetus 10 the liberal spirit in which it is
to be built, as well as TO the subscription list.
1t is SAID that other bequests to the amount
of more than half q million are in the
wills Of wealthy citizens OF New York
The srandest and most expensive church
building in this country now is St Patrick's
Of New York, but the Cathedral Of ST.
John, IS the Protestant Episcopal temple is
to be called, will cover four times as much
space lis ST. Patrick's, and will be CORES
pondingly magnificent -4t!antG C0nstitution
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-15
journalists in Congress.

Journalists are not scarce in Congress,
and they are all poor men. None of them
are speech-makers, md while they talk fire.
queutlv they contine their speeches to few
minutes This custom was probably formed
from the habit of expressing themselves
conc:sc!y in writing editor:aIs and other
newspaper articles. 1t would perhaps be g
good idea if all members of Congress could
nave lie training of newspaper offices. so
as to give them an idea OF economy of time
and space IL the Senate there is Senator
Hawicy. who is editor Of the Hartford
CvurGNt:, Senator Hearst, who owns the
San Francisco Examiner: Senator Dawes.
who writes editorials for the Springfield
Republican,. and several ether Senators who
contribute to home newspapers.
In the House, Dingley, Of Maine. is
he owner and editor Of the Lewiston Jour-
nal; BoUtcl!e owns the Bangor lFhfg and
Courier: O'Donnell, Of Michigan, edits
The Jackson Citizen. Cutcheon controls
some country papers in the same State;
amos d. Cummings IS managing editor of
the New York tSun;' Merriman was one OF
the .Su2i S former satellites and occasionally
writes good crisp article now; I. L.
White is well known in the newspaper
world, and Joe Scranton is the owner of
the Scranton Republican. There are many
other Representatives who have an interest
in pape.S in their districts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-15
Getting After Stewards Executor.

Before tie Stewart viii case is settled
there promises to be q series of accusations
against Judge Hilton, the nature Of which
tie advaGoe dispatches have only limited at
It will ac broadly charged that for many
months prior to her death Mrs. Stewart
was in reality nothing but prisoner in her
siided palace, ard that Judge Hilton him
self was her jailer. Alleged evidence i'll
support OF this will be produced, and Mr..
Hilton viii be accused not only of using
i:nproper means to reader himself secure
in bis position, but also of misappropriat.
ing the @se";art funds TO his own use and
profit The answer filed of course Gcuies
these charges, but the prosecution will
press is suit 70 the end. Prescott Hail
3uileg, whp hoDes to come IN for good
slice OF ;ha fortune through tue contest, is
j weli,kGown lawyer himself, and directly
and indirectly receircd about $500. COO un-
der the xiii. He is Il member OF the firm
of Evar;S, CAoatc y Beaman, wao Will con
duct the case against Hilton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-15

AMONG TIE OTHER OFFICIAL plans Tor
the commemoration of Queen Victoria s
Jubilee is the issue of new coinage, or
rather change in the designs of the coins
issued from the Royal Mint. Their de-
nominations ard values will not be
changed, though there will be some addi-
tioos to the coins now in use, including
fve-poun6 and two-pound gold pieces.
The former is not likely to be in greater
demand than our twenty-dollar gold
piece, but it will doubtless be very at
tractiye. Of course, the familiar SOW
ereigns and half-sovereigns viii be re-
tained, and the silver coinage will in
clude the crown, or fve-shilling piece,
which has not been coined in recent
years. Al of these coins will bear the
admirable design Of st. George and the
Dragon which beauties the present SOW
ereign, and the bust of the Queen,
throughout all the new coinage, is to
represent that august person somewhat
as she now appears and no longer as
girl. The shilling and sixpence are also
to be changed by the substitution for the
present wreath of the s'ensign armoriar"
of the United Kingdom, surrounded by
the Garter. Rut the most important
innovation is the coinage of a double
form or four-shilling piece in silver.
This, it is said, is expected to pass cur
rent IN Canada and elsewhere as dollar.
If so, it will make the United States dol
lar of 41233 grains, cheap as it is, valua-
BILE by contrast. By the present stand
ards, the double form vii contain bat
54s.7lS grains Of silver, equivalent to
about 35S.4 grains OF the United States
standard, worth about sixty cents. This
will hardly go, even in Canada.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-15
Crash on :hs Rail.

At Tie crossing of the Baltimore and
Ohio, &ad Cleveland, Columbus, Cincin-
natl and Indianapolis railroads at Shelby,
yesterday, the freight cn the former ran
into freight on the latter. twenty-five
cars and two engines Were demolished,
causing :. loss OF $4,000. Engineer Lyons,
Of the Baltimore a0d Ohio, was fatally in
jured. The Baltimore and Ohio train had
broken in two, anG the engineer was trying
to avoid a collision between the two sec
tons when TIE accident occurred.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-15
.iomauce OF = Gar Conductor.
.ntcaio Corrcl;a = PHILADELPHIA street

.intcaio Corucl;a, a Philadelphia street
c.IT conductor, who was seriously injured
III the back whilst in charge Of his Car :,
few days ago. has been recognized as for
mcr cadet Ill the Pennsylvania Military
Academy at Chester His full name is An
tonic Eugene Cornclia Dos Santoc, and he
is the son Of wealthy Brazilian of Rio
Janciro. He grew tired Of the Chester
Academy and left il without his fathers
permission. For this act he was disinher-
tied by his father. who wrote him letter
bitterly upb-aiciiug him and telling him he
need icoli forno further fayors from home.
His father has never relented. and he was
obliged, iu order 70 gain q livelihood, to
take up the work in which he vas injured.
The man who endures the toothache pa
tientiy" is evidently the dentist.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-15
Best Goods are Pu, in smaIIes, Parcels.

The old proverj is certainly true in tie
case of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets" which are little, sugar wrapped
parcels, scarcely larger than mustard seeds,
containing as much cathaltic power as is
done up in the biggest, most repuisivc
looking pill Unlike the big pills, how
ever, they are mild and pleasant in their
operation-do rot produce gripping pains,
nor render the bowels costive after using.